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I recently discovered that I love trail running. I love being out in nature, in an environment where it is just me, a little river dabbling along, my heavy breathing breaking through my music when I’m running uphill. Continue reading →

So I ran my first half marathon (click here to read the race report) on Sunday the 22nd of September. The last 5 kilometers felt really hard but nothing I couldn’t handle. As soon as I finished I felt pretty great, not too tired. The only thing at that time: blisters. There was no fluid buildup, but they were stinging like hell as I was walking. I crawled my way to the car (Aislinn was picking me up) and one guy shouted “soak them in salt water b’y!”. I wasn’t sure if I would do that. Continue reading →

On Sunday I ran my first half marathon: the huffin puffin half marathon in Mount Pearl, just 15 minutes from St. John’s. I signed up for this race a couple of weeks ago, just to get the distance done. I’m hoping to move up to half ironman racing in 2 years time, so a half marathon under the belt would be a good first step. Continue reading →

This blog was set up during my exchange term in Canada to keep my friends and family on the home front up to date on everything they want to read (If you have no clue what I’m talking about, you might want to click here).

A few days ago, I was reading my own blog again. To keep my average page views up. That wasn’t really the reason,I did it more so because I wanted to relive those memories for a brief moment as every single post I read puts a smile on my face. It made me want to start writing again, keeping track of all unimportant and trivial things that happen during my life. Heck, sometimes I might even write about something important like my recent discovery of pizza pockets. Continue reading →